Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 14,113, Benjamin Fenner, R.I.

SERVICE
Jenner Benjamin Mars
NUMBER _____
R. 14.113
CONTENTS

No 7507.
Mary Fenner, widow of Benjamin Fenner Connecticut.
Lt. P. M. Henry June 18/60
Rec May 11. 18 60
Att Feby 3/53

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Rev
14113
REJECTED
P. O. Mary Fenner
Service: wife of Benjamin Fenner
Enlisted: Rev , 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Chas. C. Coffey
Petition of Widow Mary Turner vs. Sterling Co. for a Pension & Bony Land
Capt. M. Henry Attorney

Pension Act July 7, 1838 Revolutionary War
Mary Fenner wid Benjamin Fenner { Militia } Rhode Island { or } Troops Revolutionary War
Served with Jeremiah Fen- ner who was a pensioner of Rhode Island, and is said to have served some 12 or 13 months in Rhode Island Militia, Rev. War.
Received by me from Robert Gray Esq Plainfield, Conn
May 10/60
J. M. Henry Present

State of Connecticut County of Windham Sterling May 7 th day A.D. 1840
On this day of May A.D. 1840 Personally appeared before me Robert Gray Atty Public within said county and State duly commissioned and sworn according to Laws Within twenty days of Sterling within said county and state aforesaid aged eighty two years of age doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the the seventh day of July A.D. 1838 that she is the widow of Benjamin Hemen Durrell who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in the company commanded by in said war that to the best of her information and belief her husband enlisted the service at Newport in the State of R.I. about the in the year 1778 for the term of four years to thirteen months and continued in said service for about the before stated term of time and was honorably discharged at Newport at the end of said service that she has no documentary evidence of her said service but that the foregoing she believes to be correct that her husband never applied for a pension under the provisions of this act to

has knowledge nor no other act nor was he ever promised her further. Note that she was married to the said Benjamin Green in the town of Warrington in the State of Rhode Island on the day of February 17th 1844 and and that her said husband before her said marriage was Mary Green a daughter of Capt Christopher Green who was a well known man in the State of Rhode Island and that her said husband died at Warrington in said County of Washington on the 16th day of April 18th in the 53 year of his age and that she is still his widow and she further states that there is no town records of her said marriage in the town records of her native town Warrington the Island she cannot file her wills certificate of discharge for the reason it is lost she hereby affirms Capt P M Hiney Attorney at Law in Washington has been the lawful Attorney to the issue of substitution to promote this her claim for a pension to receive her certificate when issued also for bounty issued under the Act of Congress passed the third day of February A.D. 1853 and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises Witness
Witnesses G. H. P. Benjamin Green
Mary Green
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Widow Mary Green

Erastus G. Gullage Benjamin G. Gullage
Mary Gullage
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Widow Mary Gullage and believe her to be as above stated and that she is of the age above stated and further that I am not interested in the law claim as attorney or other wise
Robert Gray Notary Public
State of Connecticut County of Windham ss Witnesseth that on this 7th day of May 1840 personally appeared before the subscriber the Notary Public in and for said County and State duly authorized to administer oaths Erastus Gullage resident of said Town County and State to me well known as a credible person and who being by me first duly sworn doth on his oath state that he is well acquainted with the Widow Mary Gullage the above named applicant for he believes that he has known her for fifty years last past that he has examined her family record that he believes the same to be genuine that it is contained in the family Bible and printed in 1811 and that the said record as far as relates to the marriage and death of her husband the elder above named is correct to all intents and purposes
Erastus Gullage
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned before me and I certify that I am in no manner interested
Robert Gray Notary Public

State of Connecticut County of Windham ss
Attest 7 th day of May 1860
On this 7 th day of May 1860 Personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public in and for said Town County and State Erastus Gallup and Benjamin Fenn who are to me well known and who are Creditable witnesses and who being by me rationally sworn, Depose and say that they are each well acquainted with the widow Mary Fenn the above deponent for a term that they have known her for fifty seven years last past they are now well acquainted with her late Benjamin Fenn her late husband having known him for fifteen years before his death that they the said Benjamin Fenn and the said widow Mary Fenn to gether as man and wife or husband and wife and were together so to be that the deponents never heard the facts of their marriage disprove or questioned that the said Benjamin Fenn died on the 16 th day of April 1844 and the said widow Mary Fenn has been ever since that day and still is the widow of the said Fenn that she has never married since her husband's death and still is his widow and that her husband was as they believed the identical man mentioned as a soldier in her declaration above and further that they were present and saw her sign her name to the foregoing affidavit and making oath to there to in the place of same and further that they the deponents do reside in the County aforesaid
Erastus Gallup Benjamin Fenn
Mary Fenn
State of Connecticut County of Windham ss
Attest 7 th day of May 1860
The above was signed sworn to the day and year above written before me
Robert Gray Notary Public